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Calcium chloride

Calcium chloride is used to activate platelets in citrate-anticoagulated PRP. Citrate anticoagulants work by binding calcium, so adding calcium back restores the clotting cascade and triggers platelets to release their growth factors. Whether a protocol activates before injection, and with what, is a real fork in the product.

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A spun sample

PLASMA about 55% of the column BUFFY COAT platelets and leukocytes. about 1%. Drawn to scale. This is the whole target. RED CELLS densest fraction. sediments first. CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

Figure. Nearly every term in this glossary is, in the end, a fact about what happens inside this tube.

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